Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BME, 1872 Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BME, 1872 International Open Day May 17 th, 2012

22 Peter Moson vice rector for international relations Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) Content Short history, presentation of BME International relations (education, research) Future plans Pictures International Open Day, May 17 th, BME

Institutum Geometricum – Hydrotechnicum Technical University of Budapest Budapest University of Technology and Economics  8 Faculties,  77 Departments  Students  Academic Staff: 1300, with scientific qualification: 700  Golden Quality Prize in HE – (in Hungary, 2007) Faculties:  Civil Engineering (1782)  Mechanical Engineering (1871)  Architecture (1873)  Chemical and Biotechnology (1873)  Electrical Engineering and Informatics (1949)  Transportation Engineering (1951)  Natural Sciences (1998)  Economic and Social Sciences (1998) International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Short history of BME

44 Nobel laureates: Dénes GÁBOR ( ) Holography, in 1971 Jenő WIGNER ( ) Theoretical physics, in 1963 György OLÁH (b:1927) Organic chemistry, in 1994 A famous former graduate: Ernő RUBIK (1944 -) inventor of Rubik’s cube

5 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Short history of BME

6 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Presentation of BME – Education 1 - BSc Faculty of Civil Engineering (EMK) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (GPK) Faculty of Architecture (EPK) Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering (VBK) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (VIK) Faculty of Transportation Eng. (KSK) Faculty of Natural Sciences (TTK) Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (GTK) Civil Engineering (8 semesters) Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering, Mechatronics (7) Architecture (8) Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Environmental Engineering (7) Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering (7) Transportation, Vehicle Engineering (7) Mathematics (6) Physics (6) Management in Engineering (7) Business and Management BA (6+1) International Business BA (6+1) Applied Economics BA (6) Communication and Media Sciences BA (6)

7 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Presentation of BME – Education 2 – MSc, PhD SOME MASTER PROGRAMMES Structure civil engineer (1,5 year) Infrastructure civil engineer (1,5) Geodesy & geoinformatics (1,5) Mechanical, Mechatronics engineer, Mechanical modeling (2) Architecture (5 years) Chemical engineer, Bioengineer, Environmental engineer (2) Electrical engineer, Computer engineer, Biomedical engineer (2) Transport, Logistics, Vehicle engineer (2) Mathematics, Physics (2) Economics, Marketing, Accounting, Cognitive Science (2) DOCTORATE SCHOOLS Civil Engineering Sciences Earth Sciences Mechanical Engineering Sciences Architectural Art (DLA) Building Sciences Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Information Technology Transport Science Vehicle, Mobile Machines Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science Physics Economy, Management and Organizations Psychological Sciences History of Technology and Science

88 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Presentation of BME - Budget State budget 53 % R&D& innovation 26 % Tuition fees 11 % Other income 10 % Budget 2010 Total : 33,3 billion HUF (119 million €) 1€  280 HUF Facts and Strategies of the BME, 2011.

9 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME International relations - Education International relations PRIORITY – Student (Professor) exchange Background: Education in 4 (5) languages English – since mid 1980-ties (regular, exchange foreign + Hungarian students, about 1000 ) French – since early 1990-s (about mainly Hungarian students) German – since mid 1990-s (about mainly Hungarian students) Hungarian, Russian (until mid 2000-s)

10 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME International relations - Education Wide variety if exchange programs (some examples, details in the next presentation) EU Erasmus (1-2 semesters) CEEPUS. (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) ATHENS (Advanced Technology Higher Education Network / Socrates). 14 leading European universities (Paristech /14 grandes écoles parisiennes/, BME Budapest, TU Delft, University of Istanbul, KU Leuven - UC de Louvain, IST Lisbon, UP Madrid, TU München, Politecnico di Milano, Czech Technical University Prague, TU Thesszaloniki, NTNU Trondheim, TU Warsaw, TU Wien, 2*1week courses. Mobility of about 4000 students / year T.I.M.E. Network of about 50 leading universities of technology. Double diplomas, doctorate cooperation, summer schools etc.

11 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME International relations -Membership EUA (European University Association) AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie) iNEER/ICEE (International Network on Engineering Education and Research/International Conference on Engineering Education) EAIE (European Association for International Education) CESAEER (Conf. of European Schools of Advanced Engineering Education and Research) SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education) CRP (Conference of Rectors and Presidents of European Universities of Technology) 4TU League (Regional cooperation of BME, CTU in Prague, SUT in Bratislava, TU Vienna) Cooperation Platfom of the Metropolitan Universities of Technology from Central and Eastern Europe (11 universities of the region)

12 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME International relations - Research Research University 2010 by the Hungarian government (5 in the country) Rector of BME Gábor PÉCELI with the official document

13 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Strategic Research Areas 1.SE - Sustainable Energy Environment and Climate Protection, Renewable Energy, Supply Security 2.VTL - Vehicle Technology, Transport and Logistics Intelligent Vehicle Technologies and Transport Systems, Integrated Logistics 3.BHE - Biotechnology, Health and Environmental Protection Biopharmaceuticals, Support of Way of Life, Environment Friendly Technologies 4.NNM - Nanophysics, Nanotechnology and Materials Science Nanoelectronics, Nanostructures, Structural and Functional Materials 5.IET - Intelligent Environment and e-Technologies Future Internet, Embedded Systems, Network and Software Technology

14 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Strategic research Areas in pictures

15 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Main industrial partners Alcoa Audi Bosch Budapest Gas Works EGIS E.ON Ericsson Flextronics General Electric Hewlett-Packard Hungarian Electric Works Hungarian Oil Co. (MOL) Hungarian Post IBM Intel Knorr-Bremse Microsoft Nokia Oracle Paks Nuclear Power Plant Richter Gedeon SAP Sanofi-Aventis (Chinoin) Siemens Telenor

16 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Future plans New (December 2011) Institutional strategic development plan In the focus (related to international education): More High quality English degree programs (MSc, BSc, PhD) for students from abroad Rich course offer for short term, semester-long exchange studies in English ( in German and in French) The main objective of BME International Open Day is to inform you about our activities, plans, to listen your recommendations and to cooperate in their realization.

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22 International Open Day, May 17 th, 2012 – BME Thank you for your kind attention! BME hopes for the continuation of our fruitful cooperation. Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BME